ON JUNE 4th 1989, CHINA WAS CHANGED FOREVER. Beijing, May, 1989. the world watched as a hundred students became a thousand, as thousands became a million - and a nation starved of freedom, cried out for a taste of democracy. In this compelling film, director Michael Apted (Nell, Gorillas in the Mist), captures the power and passion of the Tiananmen Square uprising through a unique combination of newsreel footage, dramatic re-enactments and extensive input from the actual student leaders. Exploring their personal histories, reflections and thoughts on the future. MOVING THE MOUNTAIN paints a portrait of courage, conviction, and commitment that the NEW YORK POST calls, "A soaring - and sobering - tribute to the human spirit.".
Moving the Mountain is a 1993 Canadian documentary film on the effects of the head tax and Chinese Exclusion Act in Canada. The film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1993 was co-directed by William Ging Wee Dere and Malcolm Guy, written by William G.W. Dere and produced by Productions Multi-Monde of Montreal..
The brutal use of British prisoners of war by the Japanese to build a railway linking Thailand to Burma in 1943 was one of the worst atrocities of the Second World War. For the first time in 70 years, British POWs and their Japanese captors, many now in their nineties, open their hearts to tell the story of what really happened on the 'Death Railway'. Alongside the extraordinary experiences and stories of survival told by the British, their Japanese guards tell of different horrors of war, some never disclosed before. Exploring how they have survived the terrible memories, this is an often inspiring story that many of these men have waited a long time to tell. What emerges is a warm and emotional journey through the lives of men from different sides reflecting on a terrible event that still haunts them..
Moving Half The Mountain documents the true stories of the survivors from one of the worst atrocities of the Second World War the brutal use of prisoners (POWs) and forced local labour by the Japanese to build a railway linking Thailand to Burma. These men are now in their twilight years but their memories are as clear as though it were yesterday..
Finn, a troubled teenager, tries to make a student film with his friends, whose main character resembles the young director a little too closely..
Quand son fils disparaît lors d'une sortie dans les montagnes enneigées, un ancien agent du renseignement remue ciel et terre et risque tout pour le retrouver..
Yang Fudong, one of the most influential contemporary artists in China, is known for his epic black-and-white films and photographs, which straddle the worlds of contemporary art installation and cinema. Moving Mountains is a 46-minute, black-and-white film, accompanied by photographs from the film set, drawings and props. The film is inspired by the ancient tale of a man, seeking to move a mountain, and extolls the virtues of perseverance and collective action. The artist makes this story a poetic reflection upon human nature and the shifting values to which it can be subjected..
A tableau film about blowing up mountains to extract pigment to create the colour white, in both a concrete and figurative sense..
Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes est composé de douze films réalisés dans différentes régions de Chine. Le film complet dure 12 heures, c'est un important témoignage historique sur la Chine pendant la Révolution culturelle. Liste des films: La pharmacie N°3 : Shangai ; Une femme, une famille ; Le Village de pêcheurs ; Autour du pétrole ; L'Usine de générateurs ; Une caserne ; Impression d'une ville : Shanghai ; Une histoire de ballon, lycée n° 31 Pékin ; Le professeur Tsien ; Un répétition à l'Opéra de Pékin ; Entraînement au cirque de Pékin ; Les Artisans.
New chapter from Mojin Universe..
Tenzin Banjue, a young Tibetan monk living in the temple, takes a long way back home for the first time to visit his brother who is in a vegetative state from falling off the cliff. Despite finding himself enamored by his brother's fiancée, he refuses his mother's offer to stay and marry her, who at the same time gets a marriage proposal from another man. Struggling between faith to his religion and truth to his heart of love, Tenzin, together with his brother and fiancée, takes on a soul searching journey of five thousand kilometers..
Greek Orthodox nuns visit the small village of Valldal to have a majestic monastery built. The mayor is excited, but the villagers' opinions are different..
